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Hydration Mix Series

A dark, brooding and soulful DJ mix exploring themes of loss, grief, and anguish. 

Tracklist:

01. Calibre - Broken
02. St. Cal - Losing Ground
03. The Upbeats feat Shapeshifter - Uncharted (Workforce Remix)
04. Concord Dawn - Man For All Seasons
05. Marcus Intalex feat. Lynx & Danny Fierce - Climbing Up The Walls
06. Unquote - Grief Will Never Descend From Her Face
07. Visages - Momentum
08. Calibre - Second Sun
09. FD feat. Fox - Always Something
10. DRS feat. LSB & Tyler Daley - The View 
11. Anile feat. DRS - Constant Reminder
12. Ivy Lab feat. Frank Carter III - Missing Persons
13. Dub Phizix feat. DRS - Break the Chains
14. Skeptical, Safire & Morph feat. DRS - With You
15. St. Cal - Falling Down
16. Hyroglifics - Day By Day
17. Fade Black feat. Leo Law - Sane
18. Imanu - A Taste Of Hope
19. Kings Of The Rollers - Solar Heat
20. Foreign Concept & Halogenix - Waiheke Wine Club
21. Dub Phizix - The Clock Ticks
22. Loadstar - Stepped Outside
23. The Upbeats - Girl Gone

Howl

Howl (DJ Mix February 2022)

Summa Summa Liquid Thang

Summa Summa Liquid Thang (Summer 2015)

Otherwise untitled one-take live recorded Atmospheric Jungle Jam for the return drive home from Bass Coast 2019. Shoutout Auburn Easton for the inspo.

Akela - AtmoJungleJam 1 (July 2019)

One of my first Ambient , Soft Techno and Dub Techno livestream sets in the Fall of 2020. I did a series of these at the time to test the waters of livestreaming from my home. While ultimately I decided not to with any regularity, this was a really nice way to connect with people at a time where we felt newly separated.

Akela - Ambien And Dumb Techno Pt 1 (Fall 2020)

Sometimes I make silly go bannnng

Shoutout Marie S-M, Jane Candy Whip, and Peter Allgood and Dingo for the inspiration and Outsider for the mastering.

Potato Mash

High drama, high-energy, high-stakes. This one is all eyes and teeth. 

Tracklist

01. Dom & Rob & Goldie [& Akela] - The Shadow (Underworld's Process Mix)
02. Dom & Rob & Goldie - The Shadow (Hive VIP Mix)
03. Grey Code - feat. Becca Jane Grey - Dante
04. Emperor - Sunder
05. Sleepnet - Angel Blade
06. Noisia - Could This Be
07. DJ Ride - NEEDYOU
08. Workforce - Your Loss (Halogenix Remix)
09. IMANU & The Caracal Project - Neiges
10. Grey Code - Juniper
11. IMANU & Halogenix - Technoid
12. Camo & Krooked feat. Sophie Lindinger - No Tomorrow
13. Emperor - All I Ever Wanted
14. Radicall - Reincarnation
15. Konflict - Messiah (Noisia Remix)
16. Konflict - Messiah
17. Dieselboy - The Descent (Decoder Remix)
18. Ulterior Motive feat. Icicle - Anode
19. The Upbeats - Horizon
20. Grey Code - Masque
21. Invadhertz feat. LaMeduza - Nourishing Souls
22. Monty - STK
23. Rockwell - User
24. Mefjus - Together
25. Grey Code - Prima
26. Phase - Odyssey of Noises
27. Submarine - Luna
28. Visages feat. Stretegy - Lunar Eclipsed
29. Emalkay - Massive
30. Vromm feat. Rider Shafique - Level Up
31. The Funk Hunters feat. Dynamite MC - Ready To Go (Greazus Remix)
32. OIO - Generations
33. Neve - The Message
34. The Upbeats feat. Jordan Dennis & Levine Lale - Infinity
35. Camo & Krooked - Come Together
36. Grey Code - Iliad

Recorded using a Rekordbox Pioneer DDJ-1000 and more hours of my life than I care to admit.

Growl (DJ Mix May 2022)

Sometimes you just need a little...

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01. Smote - Summertime
02. Calibre - Let Me Hold You
03. dRamatic & dbAudio - 1971
04. Low:r - Eyes Closed
05. Halogenix - Paper Sword
06. Alix Perez - Evermore
07. Sade - No Ordinary Love (LSB Bootleg)
08. Lenzman - African Dream
09. Azekel - Don't Wake The Babies (Lenzman Remix)
10. Smoth - Born To My Soul
11. Om Unit - Le Singe
12. Calibre - Can't Get Over You
13. Klute - Chicks
14. High Contrast - Exposé (Artifical Intelligence Remix)
15. Portishead - Roads (Hosta Late At Night Bootleg)
16. LSB - Walking Blues
17. Little Dragon - Twice (LSB Bootleg)
18. Adam F - Circles (Pola & Bryson Bootleg)
19. Satl - Anything Everything
20. London Grammar - If You Wait (Calibre Alternate Version)
21. Spectrasoul - Tender Doubt
22. Spectrasoul feat. Tamara Blessa - Away With Me (Calibre Remix)
23. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden (Calibre Remix)
24. DJ Marky & XRS feat. Vikter Duplaix - Moments of Lust
25. Modjo - Lady (Satl Bootleg)
26. Redeyes - Hey Lover
27. Pharrell Williams - Happy (Makoto 170 Edit)
28. Halogenix - IDGAF
29. Toni Braxton - You're Making Me High

No. 62 - Akela

My set recorded live from the Summer Social party Aug 27, 2022. 

FYI due to the live nature of this recording there is some recording distortion here and there and a couple of necessarily added EQing on mic feedback (would be utterly ear shattering otherwise)

Tracklist:

01. Data 3 - Atomic 
02. Misanthrop - Deadlock (Halogenix Remix)
03. Gest - Huaxi
04. Black Sun Empire - Monologue
05. Sub Focus - Timewarp (Dimension Remix)
06. Rockwell - Please, Please, Please (Play This on the Radio)
07. Metrik - feat. Rothwell - We Got It (S.P.Y Remix)
08. Fade Black - Elysium
09. Rido - Remember
10. Phace & Affe Marie - Plaisir Plaisir
11. Circumference - Pyramid
12. John B - Up All Night (Data 3 remix)
13. Waeys - Two Note Wonder
14. Halogenix & Imanu - Technoid 
15. Camo & Krooked feat. Sophie Lindinger - No Tomorrow
16. Kasra  feat. Catching Cairo - Guilty
17. GLXY feat. Rhi - Sweet Lows
18. Circumference - Breathe
19. Delerium - Silence (Jayfor Bootleg)
20. Bicep - Glue (Jayfor Bootleg)
21. MRSA - Push Me Down The Stairs
22. Gest - Inertia
23. Kasra - Ski Mask
24. Klinical & Particle - Cult Process
25. Lupo & Jappa - Darkest Night
26. Misanthrop & Phace - Sex Sells
27. Mefhus - Together
28. Rido - Beyond
29. Buunshin - Tranen

Akela Live

Live at Summer Social Aug 2022

My final festival set.
Photo by Chris MacIsaac 
Pachena Bay Fest July 2023

Thank you for listening <3

Tracklist:

1. Longwalkshortdock - ???
2. Lav - Neurological Landscapes
3. Mav -A Journey Through Skylines [but Sweet Dreams] (Bop Microspacefunk remix)
4. Synkro & Bop - Telescope
5. Clause Debussy x Erik Satie - Claire De Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
6. Toru Minegishi - Great Fairy's Fountain (Piano version)
7. Koji Kondo - Great Fairy's Fountain (Original version)
8. S.P.Y - Kiss The Sky
9. Seba & Alaska - Back From Eternity
10. Bungle - Astral Travel
11. Stray - Pushed
12. Longwalkshortdock - ???
13. Guy J - Spica
14. Tom Middleton - Sea of Glass (Jon Hopkins remix)
15. Christian Loffler - Bergen
16. Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin
17. Caribou - I Can't Do Without You (Tale of Us & Mano Le Tough remix)
18. Aphex Twin - Xtal
19. Bicep - Glue
20. Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek
21. Chicane - Saltwater (feat. Moya Brennan)
22. Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place
23. Wardown - Today Goodbye

Again - thank you.

Seriously.

Live at Sunrise - Pachena Bay Fest 2023

NSFW.
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This mix contains explicit language and references to really fun activities aka adult situations. 

It's sexy time, baby.


Tracklist:

01. Shy FX feat. Di - Don't Rush
02. Zero T feat. Conrad - Morning Sex (2016 Remix)
03. DJ Marky & S.P.Y - Last Night
04. Jaheim - Put That Woman First (Calibre Vocal Mix)
05. Alix Perez & Sabre - Solitary Native
06. dBridge - Inner Disbelief
07. MISTiCal - Soul 80
08. Cubist - Walked Out
09. DJ Marky - Ya Thang
10. Lynx - Born Game
11. Lynx, Malibu & Hellrazor - Sleazy
12. Skrillex - Coast Is Clear
13. Bredren - Undress
14. Bredren feat. LaMeduza - Acqua
15. Spectrasoul - Slippin'
16. Kytami - Kiss n' Tease
17. Alia Fresco - Break Me Out
18. Nine Inch Nails - Closer (John B Remix)
19. Lao Wai feat. LaMeduza - Tie Me Up
20. Spectrasoul - Guardian
21. High Contrast - Lovesick
22. Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon - Freak Like Me (Furney Bootleg)
23. Roni Size - Want Your Body (Calibre Remix)
24. Choclair feat. Saukrates - Rubbin'

No. 69 - Akela

Recorded a day earlier to practice for my set opening for the mighty Andy C at 560 in Vancouver in 2012.

This set goes VERY hard.

Tracklist:

01. Break - Slow Down
02. Taxman - Too Bad
03. DJ Hype - Dubplate Killa
04. Ewun - Screw Up 
05. Ewun - Screw Up (Living To Die VIP)
06. DJ Fresh - The Gatekeeper
07. Alix Perez feat. MC Fats - Down The Line (Break Remix)
08. Krinjah - Bam Bam
09. Break - Love So True
10. Emperor - She Said
11. DJ Hazard - Tactix
12. TKO - Mitsubishi (Basher Remix)
13. Gridlok - Insecticide
14. Audio - Headroom
15. The Upbeats - Beyond Reality
16. The Upbeats - Creep out
17. Camo & Krooked - The Big Rush
18. Fourward - Chase Your Mind
19. Dido - All You Want (Sinesthetix remix)
20. Dieselboy - Immortal (Kaos & Karl K Remix)
21. Optiv - Gateway
22. Calyx - Tearing Us Apart
23. Calyx & Teebee - Make Your Choice
24. Black Sun Empire - Dawn of a Dark Day (Receptor Remix)
25. Pendulum - Vault
26. Pendulum, Freestylers & Sirreal - Painkiller (Noisia Remix)
27. The Qemists - Stompbox (Spor Remix)
28. Demo & Cease - Ladies Night VIP
29. Evol Intent - Dead On Arrival
30. Apex, Ewun, Spor & Evol Intent - Dirge
31. Emperor - Begin
32. Insideinfo - Mythos
33. Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Cold Turkey

Sinesthetix Andy C Opening Set March 2012

Akela Live at The Red Room March 2023

Opening for the Hospitality Tour featuring Whiney, Fred V and Danny Byrd. My last ever Akela set in Vancouver.

Tracklist

01. John B vs Hydra - On A Mission
02. Castor - Emily
03. New Order - Blue Monday (Razorpoint Remix)
04. Jason Status feat. MC Fats [RIP] - Step Away
05. Seba - Too Much Too Soon (Blu Mar Ten remix)
06. Hall & Oates - Maneater (Original)
07.  High Contrast - Pink Flamingos
08. Logisitcs - Toy Town
09. SBZ - Dawn Reflections
10. Joe Ford - Where Is The Sun?
11. Magenta feat. Marek Pach - Flowers
12. John B - American Girls (Electric Boobies Mix)
13. Cyantific feat. Matrix - Cover Story
14. KL!P & Lafa feat. Hana Bens - Remembr (Skylark Remix)
15. John B - Heroes (Rido Remix)
16. Misanthrop - Into The Sun
17.  Phorenzix - My Secret Place
18. High Contrast - Natural High
19. Cyantific - Neon Skyline
20. High Contrast - Return of Forever (John B Remix)
21. Michael Sembello - Maniac (Original)
22. High Contrast - Return of Forever (Camo & Krooked Remix)
23. Phace x Affe Maria - PLAISIR PLAISIR
24. MRSA - Push Me Down The Stairs
25. Gradual - Funk Flow
26. Logisitcs - Murderation
27. Trex - That's a Lyric Ya Know
28. Trex - Stress Test
29. Waeys - Unfinished Business
30. Alibi - Moore's Law
31. BassBrothers - So Funky
32. DJ Marky + Dossa & Locuzzed - Sliding Gliding
33. Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover (Original)
34. Pendulum feat. MC Fats [RIP] - Plasticworld
35. Nu:Tone feat. Pat Fulgoni - Beliefs
36. DJ Die - Drop Bear
37. The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (Original)

Akela

Live at The Red Room March 2023

The Hydration Mix Series is a monthly Drum & Bass mix series featuring talented junglists from Canada's West Coast. Simple and straightforward, our aim is to bring you great music from great producers mixed by our rotating DJ roster of Erski, Mt. Doyle, Sinesthetix (aka Akela), Surgeon and Willisist.

01. RoyGreen & Protone (ft. Natural Flavors & Dorian) - The Storm
02. LSB (ft. DRS & Tyler Daley) - The View
03. Lenzman (ft. Martyna Baker) - Paper Faces (Ivy Lab Remix)
04. Artificial Intelligence (ft. Dawn Wall) - Fallen
05. Soligen & Type 2 - Can't Go (Break Remix)
06. FineArt (ft. Rachel K Collier) - Don't Wanna Rush (LSB Remix)
07. Bachelors Of Science - Control
08. Lenzman (ft. DRS) - Just Can't Take
09. Macca & Loz Contreras - One Touch (Technimatic Remix)
10. Etherwood (ft. Zara Kershaw) - Souvenirs
11. Technimatic - Flashbulb
12. Tokyo Prose & Lenzman (ft. Fox) - Won't Let Me Go
13. Random Movement - I'll Tell Ya (That Woman)
14. Artificial Intelligence (ft. Steo) - Take Me There
15. Logistics - Colour Wheel (2015 Remaster)
16. Anushka - Never Can Decide (Ivy Lab Remix)
17. LJHigh - Different World
18. Bachelors Of Science & Ben Soundscape (ft. Collette Warren) - On The Line
19. Alix Perez (ft. Peven Everett & SpectraSoul - Forsaken (Calibre Remix)
20. Mage - Run Through The Light
21. Anile - Losing My Mind
22. Artificial Intelligence - Is This Real
23. Tokyo Prose - Tell Me
24. Fin Evans (ft. Ellen Jo Wright) - Set Me Free (Phloem Remix)
25. L-Side (ft. MC Fava) - So High
26. Technimatic - Music Is Music

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Hydration Mix Series No. 1 - DJ Surgeon

The 3rd edition of The Hydration Mix Series is ready to roll! What we got right here is an hour of fresh liquid from smooth, jazzy and sexy to deep, dark and dirty. I hope these beats move you the way they move me. Share the sounds and spread the love folks. Long live Drum N Bass. 

The Hydration Mix Series is a monthly mix of liquid drum n bass from our rotating DJ roster of veteran junglists: Erski, Mt. Doyle, Sinesthetix (aka Akela), Surgeon and Willisist.

Previous Hydration Mixes:
No. 1  DJ Surgeon 
https://soundcloud.com/dj-surgeon/hydration-mix-series-no-1-dj-surgeon
No. 2 Akela 
https://soundcloud.com/akelabassmusic/hydration-mix-series-no-2-akela

1.	Mutt – I Used To (Mt. Doyle’s Passin Me By Bootleg)
2.	Dawn Wall – Spears
3.	Bert H – Lazy Bastard
4.	SpectraSoul – From The Jaws
5.	Logistics – Electric Sun
6.	Lurch & Al Pack – 90’s Kid
7.	Dave Owen – Still Waters
8.	Dawn Wall – Longshanks
9.	LYNX – Only She Knows
10.	Alix Perez & Ivy Lab – Maiden
11.	Alix Perez & Ivy Lab – The Last Night
12.	Rowpieces & Soul Cube
13.	Al Pack – Back When
14.	Al Pack – I Know
15.	Mindmapper, Silvahfonk – Downfall
16.	Fracture – Makin Hype Tracks
17.	Document One – Run The Block
18.	DC Breaks – Breathe (Adam F Remix)
19.	Midway – Joy
20.	Whiney – Komodo
21.	Lenzman – Golden Age
22.	Logistics – After Dark
23.	Malaky & Satl – Dreams Are Gone
24.	Ossie ft. Sadie Walker – Colours (Mitekiss Remix)
25.	Lenzman – Cherry Blossom
26.	Bcee, Surplus, Saxxon – Tripped Up
27.	Pegboards Nerds – Just Like That (Rusko Remix)
28.	Nero – Into The Night (Dawn Wall Remix)
29.	Flux Pavillion & Matthew Koma – Emotional (Bensley Remix)
30.	S.I.N. – For Your Side
31.	Sigma – Coming Home (Break Remix)


Hydration Mix Series No.3 - Mt. Doyle

Episode 4 of the Hydration mix series
more at https://www.mixcloud.com/hydrationmixseries/

Special shout out to Soundwave music festival circa 2009. If it weren't for my experiences there I would not have the same appreciation for liquid DnB that I have now. Massive respect to Johnny Whitebird and everyone that was a part of that.

Hydration Mix Series No 4
Mixed by Willisist - SHAHdjs

What I Feel - Calibre & Zero Tolerance
Stay With Me - ANILE
Maiden - ALIX PEREZ/IVY LAB
Black Pearl - Fracture
Lyssakses - Anile & Blu Mar Ten
Summer Rain - AGAINST & PHYSICAL ILLUSION
Losing You - ALIX PEREZ
Warm Land - ARP 1
Scriptures - MOVE MODE
Ben Carlos (Lenzman Remix) 2444 Darkart Master - Dave Owen & Calculon
Another Place - UPFRONT
It Finds You (feat Tokyo Prose) - LSB
Cloudless - SEBA
Believe It - CALIBRE
Blue Skies - Muwookie
Changes - HUMANATURE feat SEVERITY ZERO
Jungle In My Head (original mix) - Alexus
Just A Moment - ADRED
The One That Got Away - Actraiser
All The Time - MAGE
The Promise - JAYDAN
Break It All Apart (feat. Agne Genyte) - Blu Mar Ten
Strung Out (Calibre Remix) - Calyx & Teebee
Colours (Organikismness & Salmonella dub remix) - DUB FX

Hydration Mix Series May 2016 Willisist

A deep and jazzy selection from Whistler's DJ Surgeon.

Tracklist can be found here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/hydrationmixseries/hydration-mix-series-no-6-dj-surgeon/

Hydration Mix Series No. 6 - DJ Surgeon

My latest liquid d&b mix for the Hydration Mix Series is ready for your listening pleasure. Hydration is a monthly rotation of some of the west coast's finest liquid d&b selektahs including myself, Willisist, Erski, DJ Surgeon and Akela. For the love smooooooth Drum & Bass.
Hope You Dig! 

 Hydration Mix Series # 7
1.	NoMbe - California Girls (Variants Remix)
2.	Pogo - No Worries (Hybrid Minds Remix)
3.	Dave Owen - Hollow Soul
4.	HumaNature & Silence Groove - People Don't Care
5.	Tokalosh - Zephyr
6.	Phonetic - Without You
7.	LSB, Bcee - The River Runs Dry (Tokyo Prose Remix)
8.	Arctic Lake - Heal Me (SpectraSoul)
9.	Ownglow - The Night Is Still Young
10.	Fred V & Grafix - Rainbow Road
11.	Dexcell - Reach Out
12.	Bachelors Of Science, Random Movement, Nymfo, Jamal - Before You Go (Nymfo Remix)
13.	Dawn Wall - I See You
14.	Ed:It - Pathways
15.	HumaNature - Whisper
16.	Children Of Zeus feat. DRS - Still Standing (Lenzman Remix)
17.	Drumcather - 8th Avenue
18.	Bachelors of Science, Random Movement, Nymfo, Jamal  - On The Line (Random Movement Remix)
19.	Mutt - Conversations (Atlantic Connection Remix)
20.	Technimatic - Hold On a While
21.	Ownglow - Angels Sing
22.	Atlantic Connection - Bluelines
23.	Apollo Brown - To The Melody, With Love (Cnof Bootleg)
24.	Dawn Wall - Ember
25.	Technimatic - Out Of Reach
26.	Krakota - Colour the Past
27.	Rho - All Night
28.	Friction, Karma - No Return
29.	Fred V & Grafix - Stay Here


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Hydration Mix Series No. 7 - Mt. Doyle

Tandem Lucidity

Sunday

My interpretation of Dub Techno at 170BPM. This one is all about the slow burn.

Etherspeak

Matt Ess aka Akela

Sinesthetix and Dr. Gonzo DJ mixes now on www.mixcloud.com/akelabassmusic


Purveyor of Future Soul Victoria and Hydration Mix Series 

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